Optoelectronic properties of R-F magnetron sputtered Cadmium Tin Oxide (Cd2SnO4) thin films for CdS/CdTe thin film solar cell applications

被引：29
作者：
Jeyadheepan, K. [1 ]
Thamilselvan, M. [2 ,3 ]
Kim, Kyunghae [2 ]
Yi, Junsin [2 ]
Sanjeeviraja, C. [4 ]
机构：
[1] SASTRA Univ, Sch Elect & Elect Engn, Tirumalaisamudram 613401, Thanjavur, India
[2] Sungkyunkwan Univ, Sch Informat & Commun Engn, Suwon 440746, Kyeonggi Do, South Korea
[3] Govt Coll Technol, Dept Phys, Coimbatore 641013, Tamil Nadu, India
[4] Alagappa Chettiar Coll Engn & Technol, Dept Phys, Karaikkudi 630003, Tamil Nadu, India
来源：
JOURNAL OF ALLOYS AND COMPOUNDS | 2015年 / 620卷
关键词：
Thin films; Vapor deposition; AFM; Electrical properties and photoelectron spectroscopies; Solar cells; TRANSPARENT CONDUCTING OXIDES; ELECTRICAL-PROPERTIES; PHYSICAL-PROPERTIES; OPTICAL-PROPERTIES; STANNATE; DEPOSITION;
D O I：
10.1016/j.jallcom.2014.09.056
中图分类号：
O64 [物理化学（理论化学）、化学物理学];
学科分类号：
070304 ; 081704 ;
摘要：
The influence of substrate temperature on the microstructural behavior, optical, electrical properties and on the scattering mechanism of charge carriers were studied for the as-prepared radio-frequency (R-F) magnetron sputtered Cadmium Tin Oxide (Cd2SnO4) thin films. Films prepared at the substrate temperature of 300 degrees C were found to be polycrystalline in nature with preferential orientation along (311) plane. Well pronounced Moss-Burstein shift, in the transmittance spectra with dispersions in the optical band gap from 3.07 to 3.30 eV, was observed at substrate temperatures between 25 and 300 degrees C. Optical property of high visible transmittance was retained by the films. Analysis of the electrical properties on the prepared crystalline Cd2SnO4 films showed a calculated resistivity of 10 (3)-10 (4) Omega cm, with n-type carrier density in the range of 10(19)-10(20) cm (3) and the charge carrier mobility in the range of 6330 cm(2)/V s. The effects of structural, compositional and optical properties on the scattering mechanism of charge carrier are elaborated and reported to be an experimental evidence for the theoretical predictions. The results revealed the essential DC electrical conduction behavior, which is ideal for the fabrication of Cd2SnO4 based CdS/CdTe thin film solar cells. (C) 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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页码：185 / 191
页数：7
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